PHOTOGRAPH OF THE WEEK - 12 September 2008

Geoff Tempest

'Hello James,
this photo was taken a year ago (19 July 2007) when travelling on business from Geraldine to Invercargill, one morning while my wife was driving, we were about 10 km south of Alexandra on the main highway. Alexandra had a week of heavy frosts followed by low cloud/ fog so the dew kept freezing each night. The temperature was -3°C at 10:00 and only a few kms down the road and out of the valleys at Fruitlands the fog disappeared to a clear fine day with green grass etc.
The camera used is an Olympus 10x optical zoom and 3.2 mpixels.
I took several photo's but I think this was the best, most people thought it was snow but of course was totally frost.
Kind regards,
Geoff.'

Grant Bulley

'Hi James - photos taken on recent trip to Ohakune - Ratana Church on 6 July 2008 taken at 14:03.'

Grant Bulley

'Around Waiouru 7 July 2007 - recall this was big dump of snow that closed roads.
Thanks for great website and met info.
Grant Bulley'

Mark Konijn

'I took this photo of Aoraki/Mount Cook on the 31 August 2008 at 14:00 from the top of Awakino skifield (about 130km south of Mt Cook.) It was a hot sunny day with a westerly wind that was only noticeable on the tops - fantastic for skiing. The photo was taken with a Canon Powershot S3IS on auto at full optical zoom (12x).
Cheers,
Mark Konijn.'

Andrew Hamer

'Hi James,
Here is a photo taken from the Port Hills Gondola on 19 August 2008. The weather was 'clearing' from the south following a cold southerly that brought snow down to sea level. Camera is a Canon A580. View is north east along the Summit Hill Rd. Andrew Hamer'

Neil Colliver

'This is from just north of Bulls, over the Rangitkei River, looking north up to Ruapehu Sunday morning 7 September 2008. Not a bump, and not another aircraft in the sky. By 09:00 20 knots of wind had dispersed it all. Nikon 8800 on RV10 mount' wrote Neil.

Sam Archer

'I took the attached image on 27 August 2008 at 09:15 on the Makarora Haast Highway about 15 mins west of Makarora looking west with the Makarora River to the left. As you can see, there was quite a bit of low lying fog around but it was a beautiful day. Taken on a Sony Cybershot' wrote Sam.

Paul Williamson

'James,
I continue to use your site after having had to return to the UK. Here is a
photo taken from my I-phone of an interesting cloud formation just to the
west of London on a typical late August, summer day' wrote Paul.

Andrew Blackler

'This morning (Friday 4 September 2008) from Victory Rd, Laingholm, looking west over the Manukau harbour at 06:51.
Finally sunrise and no rain! Crepuscular rays and reflection over the low tide mud banks - the high pressure scattering cumulus over the Auckland region.
Taken with a Panasonic FZ20, Focal Length 9mm, F8, ISO 80, 1/400 sec' wrote Andrew.

Ken Ryan

'I've attached a photo of a sun pillar taken by Ken Ryan (SBS, VUW) who is currently in Antarctica. He gives permission to me to send it on but can't himself due to bandwidth limitations from Scott Base. Kind regards, Cameron Jack.

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